#997DC7#997DC7

#997DC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DC7
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 199)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 37.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 26.02, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 43.27, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0571 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.112 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7770, 25.5630, 57.3345)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DC7 #ABC77D

analogous

#7D86C7 #997DC7 #BE7DC7

triadic

#997DC7 #C7997D #7DC799

tetradic

#997DC7 #C77D86 #ABC77D #7DC7BE

square

#997DC7 #C77D86 #ABC77D #7DC7BE

split-complementary

#997DC7 #C7BE7D #86C77D

monochromatic

#5B3D8D #7752B5 #997DC7 #BBA8D9 #DCD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#997DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#997DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DC7

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DC7	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d8',
    500: '#997dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dc7;
$custom-light: #b8a3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 39.785,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64497,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DC7

secondary

#D3DDC3

accent

#B33382

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DC7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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